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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1934
Page
7
Autopsy confirms complete transposition of viscera in a five and a half year old girl named Hernandez. The child, under care of Dr Thomas J McElhenney for congenital heart disease, had heart on right, left lung and liver swapped, and other organs inverted.
Mrs. W. H. Drummond will return Friday from El Paso where she has been visiting her children Mr and Mrs. W. H. Drummond Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Drummond.
The First National Bank of Pecos, established in July 1907, promotes thrift and smart money management while urging customers to save. The piece highlights local firms, including Barstow businesses, urging patronage to boost community growth and local commerce. It notes the bank as a steady, protective beacon during financial storms. It also mentions a Barstow firm selling canned goods, fresh meats, fruits, and vegetables with Jack Dick and his father involved.
The Style Shop at Ps opens with a full line of ladies' wear and quality goods at fair prices. Mrs W J K and Mrs Bean McCutcheon head the store with Silk Dry Goods veteran Mrs Beck as longtime buyer. Mrs Me Theon, a Reeves county native, supports California lines of ladies wear and Kayser hosiery.
The Foxworth Galbraith Lumber Co of Barstow touts its wide building supply reach from lumber and nails to hardware roofing and finish paints. The firm emphasizes its six year track record supporting Barstow and adjacent territory with a selective line of building materials and services.
A Barstow grocery, Little Cash Grocery, marks over three decades of operation by D. E. Adams and son David E Adams Jr. since November 15, 1923. The store credits loyal patrons, steady growth, and a commitment to honesty and service with free delivery by phone number 44.
Barstow store Cash & Carry Grocery, owned by A M Dick since 1930, has long served the local commerce. The article notes the shop’s foundational role in the community’s retail landscape.
The Pecos Laundry in Pecos announces new methods materials and equipment that safeguard clothes better. A phone call brings pickup by their truck and return in a few days, promising a real modern laundry experience.
Maye Drug Store in Toyah offers drugs medical supplies and school items. The shop emphasizes internal and external care with medicines soaps perfumes cosmetics and fountain service, continuing a 1909 start under the Mayo Drug Store name.
The firm of D. J. and L. W. Hart in Toyah, operating since about 1922 in groceries and meat, has earned an enviable reputation for integrity and service, selling only merchandise of good value. Libby's canned products and Pillsbury flour are featured, with native home-killed meats also offered.
The late Mrs. F. W. Johnson wrote a reflective essay praising education and character. Read at her funeral by Rev. E. H. Ratliff, the piece urges lifelong learning, measured ambition, and living to pass a final examination into divine joy.
From Pecos Enterprise files, January 26 1917. The No. 5 T. and P. train derailed at Barstow with the engineer bruised and injured after jumping to safety. J W Wadley operates two delivery cars and uses Dobbin and his old laundry car. his sons Milt and John drive the vehicles.
In Pecos, Stotth remains one of the last grocers to operate the old horse and buggy delivery system. The practice stands out amid modernized routes, with customers relying on traditional neighborhood service.
Pecos firemen battled three fires last week caused by defective flues. They saved three homes from destruction and prevented further damage. Local firefighters worked quickly to contain blazes and protect neighboring residences.
The United States government begins potash drilling tests on the M. M. Leeman ranch in Loving County about 50 miles northeast, signaling mineral exploration activities in the region.
Burglars smashed into the Radford Grocery Co wholesale house and carried off about 1500 dollars worth of merchandise, predominantly cigarettes, in a recent theft reported to authorities.
Public health nurse Bettye McCandless outlines a statewide effort to keep children healthy in Reeves County. The piece stresses school home cooperation, cleanliness, and early illness detection, with calls for prenatal care, infant guidance leaflets, and a circulating health pamphlet library to reach every Texas home.
Admiral Koonce, late of the U S Navy and commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, condemned the administration's economy plan at a Pecos luncheon. He criticized the 25 percent bonus cut as unfair to veterans and urged unity among veterans groups to protest. He defended the President on other New Deal efforts and shared war service anecdotes to a large crowd of ex-service men at Brandon Coffee Shop.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Sparks arrived Tuesday from New Mexico after several weeks in California and New Mexico. They praised the trip and said the Pecos water tower rising against the sky was the highlight of the journey noting Pecos had more pep and bustle than any California town they saw.
Notice states annual meeting of stockholders of The Pecos River Railroad Company to be held at the company office Pecos Texas on Wednesday March 7 1934 from 10 A M to 4 P M with the annual directors meeting to follow immediately after the stockholders meeting. G C Parker secretary.
The City of Pecos invites bids for materials for a City Hall construction in three proposals including lumber brick cement and hardware plumbing fixtures and electric wiring and fixtures. Bids must be accompanied by a five percent certified check and will be opened January 27 1934 at 9 A M at City Hall. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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